нөхцөл

Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠨᠥᠬᠥᠴᠡᠯ (nököčel)	нөхцөл (nöxcöl)

Etymology

Perhaps нөхцөх (nöxcöx, “to befriend”) +‎ -л (-l).

Pronunciation

(Ulaanbaatar) IPA^(key): /noxt͡sʰəɮ/, [ˈnʊxt͡sʊ̈ɮ]

Noun

нөхцөл • (nöxcöl); (regular declension)

1. condition
   1. circumstances (that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event)

      Synonyms: нөхцөл байдал (nöxcöl bajdal), нөхцөл шалтгаан (nöxcöl šaltgaan), шалтгаан (šaltgaan)

   2. cause, factor

      Synonyms: шалтгаан (šaltgaan), нөлөө (nölöö), хүчин зүйл (xüčin züjl)

   3. living conditions

      Synonyms: ахуй боломж (axuj bolomž), ахуй байдал (axuj bajdal), ахуй нөхцөл (axuj nöxcöl)

   4. (logic) condition

      Synonyms: тохироо (toxiroo), болзол (bolzol), нөхцөл боломж (nöxcöl bolomž)

   5. (law) provision
   6. possibility, opportunity

      Synonyms: шалтгаан (šaltgaan), шалтаг (šaltag), боломж (bolomž), завшаан (zavšaan), тохиол (toxiol)

2. (grammar) inflectional suffix, desinence
3. (grammar) clitic

Hypernyms

• (grammar): залгавар (zalgavar, “suffix”), бүтээвэр (büteever, “morpheme”)

Coordinate terms

• (grammar): дагавар (dagavar, “derivational suffix”)

Further reading

• “нөхцөл”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present